WEI GAO CURRICULUM VITAE, AUGUST 2014 PhD Student Department of Finance Temple University 1801 Liacouras Walk Philadelphia, PA 19122-6083 Phone (office): 215-204-7676 Fax: 215-204-5698 E-mail: tuf76519@temple.edu Citizenship: Chinese (with F-1 status) EDUCATION PhD Student Temple University, Finance, August 2014 to Present PhD Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Economics, August 2011 *Dissertation: Assassination and Economic Performance *Committee: Scott Gilbert (chair), Richard Grabowski, AKM Mahbub Morshed, Kevin Sylwester (co-chair), Raymond Wacker *Fields: Development Economics (primary), Finance (secondary) MA Renmin University of China, International Trade, July 2004 BA Harbin Engineering University, English (Science & Technology), July 2001 EMPLOYMENT Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Research Assistant, 08/2014-Present East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, E Stroudsburg, PA, USA Assistant Professor of Economics, 08/27/2013-05/31/2014 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA Visiting Instructor of Economics, 08/27/2011-08/26/2013 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA Teaching Assistant, Economics Department, 08/13/2007-08/26/2011 Bank of Beijing, Beijing, China 1
Human Resource Specialist, August 2004-August 2006 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Teaching Assistant, Finance Department Fin 3507: Investments, undergraduate level, Fall 2014 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, E Stroudsburg, PA Assistant Professor of Economics Fall 2013 to Spring 2014 Spring 2014 1 big section (80 students) and 2 regular sections (45 students per section) of Principles of Microeconomics, an undergraduate course covering the following topics: demand and supply, elasticity, consumer choice, production and cost, monopoly, oligopoly, etc. 1 section (25 students) of Economic Growth and Development, an upper level undergraduate course covering the following topics: physical capital, population and economic growth, the role of technology in growth, income inequality, etc. 1 section (25 students) of International Trade, an upper level undergraduate course covering the following topics: comparative advantage, the Ricardian Model, the Heckscher-Ohlin Model, the Standard Trade Model, firms in the global economy, controversies in trade policy, etc. Developing a new course, Global Economy, an upper level undergraduate course focusing on economies in the emerging markets, such as, China and India. Contacted publishers and checked out potential textbooks for the course. Discussed with colleagues about course topics and format. Fall 2013 2 big sections (80 students per section) of Principles of Microeconomics 1 big section (80 students) of Principles of Macroeconomics, an undergraduate course covering the following topics: GDP and the standard of living, jobs and unemployment, CPI and the cost of living, money and the monetary system, AD-AS and the business cycle, fiscal and monetary policy, etc. 1 section (25 students) of International Finance, an upper level undergraduate course covering the following topics: National Income Accounting, Exchange Rates, Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run, Fixed Exchange Rate and Foreign Exchange Intervention, etc. 2
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA Visiting Instructor of Economics Fall 2011 to Spring 2013 Spring 2013 1 section of Principles of Macroeconomics 4 sections of Business and Economics Math, an undergraduate course covering the following topics: algebra and equations, graphs, lines and inequalities, functions and graph, exponential and logarithmic functions, etc. Fall 2012 2 sections of Principles of Microeconomics 2 sections of Business and Economics Math Spring 2012 2 sections of Principles of Macroeconomics 2 sections of Business and Economics Math Fall 2011 3 sections of Principles of Microeconomics 1 section of Business and Economics Math. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL Sole Responsibility Instructor, Economics Department Introduction to Macroeconomics (Fall 2010, Spring 2010). Topics covered are similar to those in the aforementioned Principles of Macroeconomics. Developed significant supplementary course materials. See the course format at http://mypage.siu.edu/weigao/econ241. Introduction to Microeconomics (Fall 2009). Topics covered are similar to those in the aforementioned Principles of Microeconomics. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL Teaching Assistant, Economics Department Econ 333: Environmental Economics, undergraduate level, Spring 2011 Econ 463: Applied Econometrics, graduate level, Spring 2011 Econ 511: Advanced Mathematical Economics, graduate level, Spring 2009 3
PUBLICATIONS WORKING PAPERS The Effect of Assassinations on Political Institutions: are the Jones-Olken Findings Robust? (with Scott Gilbert and Kevin Sylwester), Applied Economics Letters, 20, 2013, 673-676. Leader Assassination and Economic Growth (with Scott Gilbert and Kevin Sylwester) Assassination Outcomes and Trade Policy (with Scott Gilbert and Kevin Sylwester) WORK IN PROGRESS The Effect of Deregulation on Capital Structure Speed of Adjustment Firm's Target Leverage and Its Merger and Acquisition Decisions Assassination and Investment' CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS What Economic Policies Do Assassinations Affect? EEA 2012 Annual Meeting, March 2012 Assassination and Economic Growth, MEA 2011 Annual Meeting, March 2011. Inequality, Education Expenditure, Technology Diffusion and Economic Growth MEA 2010 Annual Meeting, March 2010. SERVICES Recruiting Activity at ESU Open House 2013, 11/09/2013 Faculty Advisor of Students Major in Economics Faculty Advisor of E-News, an economic newsletter published quarterly by the Department of Economics, Spring 2014 Faculty Advisor of Economics Club, Spring 2014 Serving on a D2L Task Force and Developing D2L Training Workshops for Faculty, Spring 2014 Recruiting Economics Majors on Declare a Major Day, 02/13/2014 Representing Economics Department at Majors and Minors Fair on 03/25/2014 Representing Economics Department at Annual Accepted Student Reception on 03/29/2014 Representing Economics Department at Honors Convocation on 04/11/2014 4
Participating Omicron Delta Epsilon Economic Honor Society Ceremony on 04/24/2014 Serving as a Marshall for May 2014 undergraduate commencement ceremony. HONORS AND AWARDS Research Assistantship, 08/2014-08/2019, Temple University Graduate Assistantship, 2007-2010, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Thomas and Chany Chung Endowed Scholarship, 2008, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Doctoral Fellowship Nominee, 2008, Southern Illinois University Carbondale COMPUTER SKILLS REFERENCE Programming: STATA Applications: LATEX, HTML Kevin Sylwester Associate Professor, Economics Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faner Hall 4141 Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: (618)453-5075 Email: ksylwest@siu.edu Scott Gilbert Associate Professor, Economics Southern Illinois University Carbondale Faner Hall 4044 Carbondale, IL 62901 Phone: (618)453-5095 Email: gilberts@siu.edu Pattabiraman Neelakantan Department Chair, Economics 400 Normal ST East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 Email: pats@esu.edu Phone: (570) 422-3002 5